FROM OUR SITE

• Your ND football all-time all-name team
• Recording: Friday Roundup recruiting special! (58:00 including commercials)

PODCASTS

• Irish Sports Daily: Power Hour  2-9-15 (1:03:00)
• Blue & Gold Illustrated: The Irish Huddle (29:30)
• Irish Sports Talk: #ShamrockSoldiers15 on defense with Ryan Thiel & coaching changes Feb. 9 IST150 (1:33:27)

COACHING

• Bleacher Report (Keith Arnold): Can Brian Kelly reboot his coaching staff again?
• ND Insider: Analysis: Reality may be brighter than perception at Notre Dame
• Slap the Sign: Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly at a critical juncture
• One Foot Down: As the coaching carousel turns: Notre Dame in the market
• 247 Sports: Names emerge in UT’s assistant search (Bryant Young)
• Press of Atlantic City: Tra Thomas no longer with Eagles (Todd Lyght)
• UHND: Notre Dame assistant coaching rumors continue to fly

COACHING – TONY ALFORD

• ESPN: Urban Meyer can recruit coaches, too
• NBC Sports: Alford talks about the decision to head to Ohio State
• Columbus Dispatch: Ohio State football: Recruit Weber approves of new running backs coach
• Gannett: Recruiting flap no big deal to 5-star back
• Land Grant Holy Land: Ohio State recruiting: State secrets – No. 1 RB excited for new OSU RB coach
• Eleven Warriors: The Hurry Up: Alford hire a homerun, evaluation season begins, Rene to visit this weekend
• Buckeye Sports: Walker comfortable with new hire
• Eleven Warriors: Weber ends the speculation

COACHING – KERRY COOKS

• NewsOK: Sooners officially announce hires of Kerry Cooks, Dennis Simmons; changes to staff
• Fox23: Stoops adds two to staff, announces new assistant responsibilities
• SoonerSports: Stoops adds Cooks and Simmons to staff
• Tulsa World: Sooners introduce two new assistant coaches, shuffle job assignments
• Oklahoma Daily: Stoops makes coaching changes official
• KTUL ABC 8: Stoops adds two coaches, announces assignments
• Norman Transcript: Stoops shuffles staff along with the hiring of Cooks and Simmons

RECRUITING

• One Foot Down: 2015 football recruiting: WR review
• News-Sentinel: Hoosier State kind to Notre Dame in class of 2015
• Scout: DFW weekly recruiting notebook (Jalen Guyton)
• Irish Illustrated: Walking on a dream path (Brandon Hutson)
• Rant Sports: Top 5 defensive recruits Notre Dame landed on National Signing Day
• UHND: Notre Dame recruiting ’15: The ones that got away
• Bleacher Report: College football’s most important offers of the week
• Bleacher Report: Notre Dame football recruiting: Looking ahead to 2016 class
• Slap the Sign: Targets for the 2016 Notre Dame football recruiting cycle
• Testudo Times: Maryland 2016 recruiting class preview: Part 1, offense (Dwayne Haskins, Robert Washington)
• GBM Wolverine: Michigan recruiting: Erik Swenson 2016 commit (OT) profile

IRISH IN THE NFL

• Scout: Houston Texans 2015 team needs in focus (Louis Nix)
• Forbes: Athlete prep and combine company creates a football sports agency (Kendall Moore)

MISC.

• AP: UConn hires Frank Verducci as offensive coordinator
• UConn Huskies: Frank Verducci named offensive coordinator
• Fox Sports: Connecticut hires Frank Verducci as offensive coordinator
• New Haven Register: Frank Verducci named offensive coordinator for UConn football team
• Hartford Courant: Frank Verducci new offensive coordinator at UConn
• Sports Illustrated: UConn hires Northern Iowa’s Frank Verducci as offensive coordinator
• CT Now: Frank Verducci new offensive coordinator at UConn
• One Foot Down: Crossroads Construction progress

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FROM OUR SITE

• National Signing Day so far: The Irish at 24

SIGNING DAY/RECRUITING NEWS

• NY Times: National Signing Day, when college football makes a spectacle of itself
• UND.com: Fighting Irish add 24 names to 2015 Notre Dame Football roster
• Irish Illustrated: Meet the class: Offense
• Irish Sports Daily: Signing Day capsules: Offense
• Irish Illustrated: Meet the class: Defense
• Irish Sports Daily: Signing Day capsules: Defense
• Blacher Report: Notre Dame football recruiting: Meet the Irish’s 2015 class
• Irish Illustrated: Additions, subtractions, and future moves
• ESPN: Notre Dame Fighting Irish Signing Day surprises come from odd places
• Irish Sports Daily: Frank commentary
• UND.com: Irish Extra: Shamrock Soldiers
• UND.com: Irish Extra: A Notre Dame football Signing Day diary
• UND.com: Irish Extra: Signing Day a culmination of long Irish process
• SB Nation: 2015 Notre Dame football early impact freshmen, recruiting class breakdown
• CSN Chicago: Notre Dame adds recruiting depth with focus on ’15 playoff run
• Fox Sports: It’s playoff or bust now for Fighting Irish
• Irish Illustrated: Next: Looking ahead to ’16

VIDEOS

• Watch ND: Coach Kelly Signing Day press conference (1:03:06)
• Watch ND: Keith Arnold (Inside the Irish) Signing Day interview (12:16)
• Watch ND: Mike Frank (Irish Sports Daily) Signing Day interview (6:58)
• Watch ND: Pete Sampson (Irish Illustrated) Signing Day interview (6:58)
• Watch ND: Coach Kelly Signing Day interview (11:23)
• Irish Illustrated: Video: Kelly cites depth (3:54)

PODCASTS

• Irish Sports Daily: Signing Day Power Hour 2-4-15 (1:54:59)
• Subway Domer: Podcast: National Signing Day rap (45:00)
• Irish Sports Talk: National Signing Day & coach rumors Feb. 4 (1:11:41)
• UND.com: Coach Kelly 2015 Signing Day press conference (1:03:28)
• TNNDN: ND Fan Radio: Vol. 35 – National Signing Day – Fan calls & reactions 02/04 (2:04:00)
• The Solid Verbal: Signing Day Spectacular (2/4) (1:10:26)

RB JOSH ADAMS

• Philadelphia Inquirer: Central Bucks South’s Josh Adams felt the charm of the Irish
• Slap the Sign: Josh Adams signs with Notre Dame
• Watch ND: Josh Adams – 2015 Notre Dame football signee (3:53)

LB JOSH BARAJAS

• NBC Sports: Faxes in: Josh Barajas
• Slap the Sign: Josh Barajas signs with Notre Dame
• Chicago Tribune: Andrean’s Josh Barajas first Region player to sign with Notre Dame since 2006
• Watch ND: Josh Barajas – 2015 Notre Dame football signee (3:23)

LB ASMAR BILAL

• Irish Illustrated: ‘The people were everything’
• News-Sentinel: Notre Dame recruit profile: LB Asmar Bilal
• Watch ND: Asmar Bilal – 2015 Notre Dame football signee (3:38)

TE MILES BOYKIN

• NBC Sports: Faxes in: Miles Boykin
• Irish Illustrated: NSD Q&A: Miles Boykin
• Slap the Sign: Miles Boykin signs with Notre Dame
• Chicago Tribune: Miles Boykin eager to get down to business at Notre Dame
• CSN Chicago: Miles Boykin signs Notre Dame LOI, joins ‘the Irish family’
• Watch ND: Miles Boykin – 2015 Notre Dame football signee (3:07)

DB SHAUN CRAWFORD

• Irish Sports Daily: Crawford finds home in South Bend
• NBC Sports: Faxes in: Shaun Crawford
• Cleveland.com: St. Edward football’s National Signing Day ceremony, including Ohio State’s Alex Stump, Notre Dame’s Shaun Crawford
• Slap the Sign: Shaun Crawford signs with Notre Dame
• Watch ND: Shaun Crawford – 2015 Notre Dame football signee (3:45)

CB NICK COLEMAN

• NBC Sports: Faxes in: Nick Coleman
• Watch ND: Nick Coleman – 2015 Notre Dame football signee (2:55)

OL/DL LINCOLN FEIST

• Rapid City Journal: Recruiting: Feist headed to Notre Dame as preferred walk-on

S NICCO FERTITTA

• NBC Sports: Faxes in: Nicco Fertitta
• Slap the Sign: Nicco Fertitta signs with Notre Dame
• Irish Illustrated: A father’s perspective
• Watch ND: Nicco Fertitta – 2015 Notre Dame football signee (2:55)

WR JALEN GUYTON

• NBC Sports: Faxes in: Jalen Guyton
• Dallas Morning News: Allen wide receiver is bound for Notre Dame
• Slap the Sign: Jalen Guyton signs with Notre Dame
• Journal Gazette: Recruit honed for tradition-rich Irish
• Watch ND: Jalen Guyton – 2015 Notre Dame football signee (2:23)

LB BRANDON HUTSON

• Irish Sports Daily: Hutson living his dream
• Battle Creek Enquirer: Harper’s Hutson commits as walk-on at Notre Dame

TE ALIZE JONES

• NBC Sports: Faxes in: Alize Jones
• Slap the Sign: Alize Jones signs with Notre Dame

QB ROBBY REGAN

• Irish Sports Daily: Regan finds perfect fit at Notre Dame

G TREVOR RUHLAND

• NBC Sports: Faxes in: Trevor Ruhland
• Northwest Herald: High school football: Cary-Grove’s Ruhland excited about Notre Dame
• Slap the Sign: Trevor Ruhland signs with Notre Dame
• Watch ND: Trevor Ruhland – 2015 Notre Dame football signee (2:53)

WR CJ SANDERS

• NBC Sports: Faxes in: CJ Sanders
• Watch ND: CJ Sanders – 2015 Notre Dame football signee (3:25)

LB/WR DEVYN SPRUELL

• Irish Sports Daily: Spruell continuing family legacy

WR EQUANIMEOUS ST. BROWN

• Irish Sports Daily: St. Brown silence is over
• Irish Illustrated: St. Brown headed to South Bend
• CSN Chicago: 4-star WR Equanimeous St. Brown signs with Notre Dame
• One Foot Down: 2015 WR Equanimeous St. Brown commits to Notre Dame
• NBC Sports: Faxes in: Equanimeous St. Brown
• Sporting News: New Notre Dame WR speaks three languages at announcement, has incredible name
• Watch ND: Equanimeous St. Brown – 2015 Notre Dame Football signee (3:37)

DT ELIJAH TAYLOR

• Blue & Gold Illustrated: Signed: Elijah Taylor
• Slap the Sign: Elijah Taylor signs with Notre Dame
• Watch ND: Elijah Taylor – 2015 Notre Dame football signee (3:07)

DT BRANDON TIASSUM

• Irish Illustrated: Tiassum puts pen to paper
• NBC Sports: Faxes in: Brandon Tiassum
• Slap the Sign: Brandon Tiassum signs with Notre Dame
• Irish Illustrated: NSD Q&A: Brandon Tiassum
• Watch ND: Brandon Tiassum – 2015 Notre Dame football signee (3:39)

DE BO WALLACE

• NBC Sports: Faxes in: Bo Wallace
• Slap the Sign: Bo Wallace signs with Notre Dame
• Watch ND: Bo Wallace – 2015 Notre Dame football signee (3:23)

CB ASHTON WHITE

• NBC Sports: Faxes in: Ashton White
• Slap the Sign: Ashton White signs with Notre Dame
• Watch ND: Ashton White – 2015 Notre Dame football signee (2:25)

RB DEXTER WILLIAMS

• Irish Sports Daily: Dexter kills recruitment
• CSN Chicago: 4-star running back Dexter Williams commits to Notre Dame
• One Foot Down: 2015 RB Dexter Williams commits to Notre Dame
• Irish Illustrated: Irish score 4-star Williams
• NBC Sports: Signing Day victory: Dexter Williams’ fax is in
• West Orange Times & Observer: West Orange football holds high-profile signing ceremony
• Watch ND: Dexter Williams – 2015 Notre Dame Football signee

S MYKELTI WILLIAMS

• Slap the Sign: Mykelti Williams signs Notre Dame
• NBC Sports: Faxes in: Mykelti Williams
• Watch ND: Mykelti Williams – 2015 Notre Dame football signee (3:37)

QB BRANDON WIMBUSH

• NBC Sports: Faxes in: Brandon Wimbush
• NJ.com: Brandon Wimbush of St. Peter’s Prep signs to play football at Notre Dame on National Signing Day
• Slap the Sign: Brandon Wimbush signs with Notre Dame
• 247 Sports: “Brandon Wimbush is a special, special young man.”
• Watch ND: Brandon Wimbush – 2015 Notre Dame football signee (5:10)

K JUSTIN YOON

• Irish Sports Daily: Behind the recruit: Yoon likes big stage
• Watch ND: Justin Yoon – 2015 Notre Dame football signee (2:39)

OTHERS

• Press Enterprise: Poly’s Ross picks USC over Notre Dame
• Fox Sports: Signing Day: Ga. prep star Farrar picks Wisconsin over Notre Dame
• Times Herald-Record: Bakich chooses Army over Notre Dame
• The Sun: San Gorgonio’s Nate Meadors picks UCLA over Notre Dame

COACHING

• CSN Chicago: Brian Kelly declines comment on reported coaching changes
• Irish Illustrated: LaFleur expected to leave ND
• CSN Chicago: Following rumors, Brady Hoke isn’t going to Notre Dame
• Chicago Tribune: Notre Dame’s hectic Signing Day includes coaching staff rumors
• Sports Illustrated: Oklahoma Sooners hire Kerry Cooks as cornerbacks coach

CURRENT TEAM

• ND Insider: Brian Kelly expecting return of Russell and Williams to Notre Dame
• CSN Chicago: Russell, Williams still expected to return
• CSN Chicago: Notre Dame gets positive reports from the sick bay

HISTORY

• Grantland: How Notre Dame’s 1946 class forever altered the recruiting landscape
• News-Sentinel: Looking back on the 2011 recruiting class, part II

MISC.

• Tuscon.com: Neal switching to defense

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